Using Adaptive Learning Data to Flip a Class

Michael WindelspechtJune 5, 2015

Students don’t know what they don’t know. This one simple fact has often hindered the development of flipped and active learning classrooms. However, the development of adaptive learning platforms, such as LearnSmart, provides instructors with an insight as to what students don’t know and areas of the content that they are struggling with – all before entering the classroom environment.

In the video below, I explain how I have been using data coming from the SmartBook/LearnSmart platform to determine what my students know and don’t know before entering the class. This has not only changed the classroom lecture experience, but also has led to the development of more effective active learning and remediation activities.

About The Author

Michael is the lead author of the Mader/Windelspecht series of non-majors biology textbooks and a lead consultant to higher education publishers on the effective use of ed tech in the classroom. He founded Ricochet Creative Productions LLC and is the editor of Ricochet Science, a free web resource for science educators.